Charles-Nérée Beauchemin (February 20, 1850 – June 29, 1931) was a

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regionalist poet and physician from Yamachiche, near Trois-Rivières,

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. He was part of Quebec's ''Le Terroir'' ("The Soil") school of poetry. Beauchemin published two volumes of his poetry: ''Les Floraisons Matutinales'' (''The Morning Blossoming'') in 1897 and ''Patrie intime: Harmonies'' (''Intimate Homeland: Harmonies'') in 1928. His poetry celebrates life in his small rural community with themes of

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ritual, the cycles of nature, and love of family and home. Beauchemin was inspired by the religion and

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and an appreciation for the Canadian landscape. While acclaimed in its time, Beauchemin's poetry is generally considered conventional and sentimental by contemporary standards.

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Dictionary of Literary Biography entryNérée Beauchemin poems at Poem Hunter
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